[RESULTS/OPINION]Monday Night RAW/Monday Nitro (4/8)
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Monday Night RAW: Taped 4/1
- In response to Nitro's early starts, RAW now starts (for the time being,
anyway,) three minutes before the hour.
- YOKOZUNA vs. VADER
Not as bad a match as one might have expected. Yoko puts up a spirited
fight, but just couldn't match Vaders's stamina (did I say that?) Vader
drags Yoko's big "A" over to the corner and Vaderbombs one of his plump
legs. Yoko screams out in pain, and the ref calls for the bell, declaring
Yokozuna unfit to continue. Vader bombs it twice more (with Cornette
holding it in place.) A good chunk of the crowd is solidly behind Vader's
efforts. Paramedics come to ringside with a gurney, but end up using a
FORKLIFT to carry him out. (This dispelled what I had assumed was an April
Fools joke when I heard about this last week.)
- McMahon interviews the Ultimate Warrior. Vince asks where the Warrior has
been these last three years. The Warrior says he'd gone to this dark place
that normal people fear to go. This is probably "Parts Unknown," and is
apparently somewhere in Nevada. Out comes Goldust, who seems intent on
being brutalized by ALL the legends of the past. Goldust tries to butter
up to the Warrior, who spurns Goldust's advances by calling him a freak.
(Pot. Kettle. Black?) Warrior then says "whatever is, is, and whatever it
is that you do, I don't give a sh(bleep)t!" The Warrior then smack Goldust.
- Yokozuna is shown in the garage area about to be loaded into the ambulance.
Vader arrives with a chair and smacks Yoko on the leg a half dozen times
or so.
- HUNTER HEARST HELMSLY vs. DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE
A commercial break right in the middle killed any heat that this match
may have had (for the home viewer that is.) Hunter Pedigrees the garbage
man for the clean pin. Comments from "Wildman" Mero are shown.
- Yokozuna is finally carted away by the ambulance.
- AHMED JOHNSON vs. THE BRITISH BULLDOG (w/ Owen Hart)
An armwrestling contest. *Groan*. It actually wasn't all that bad. Owen
was hilarious, continually interrupting the referee, and delaying the
start of the contest, complaining that Ahmed was too oily, was cheating,
etc. After a couple of warnings, the ref orders Owen back to the lockers.
Ahmed quickly beats the Bulldog, but is then attacked. The Bulldog slams
Ahmed into the table a couple of times, drops it on him - stomps on the
table with Ahmed under it, and so forth.
- SHAWN MICHAELS vs. JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER
I should mention that Mr. Perfect had been sitting in for the King all
evening. Diesel comes to the announcers table to deliver color analysis.
Diesel is wearing a Michaels t-shirt. "I'm part of the Kliq, Mcmahon...
isn't everyone?" Shawn dominates in what was primarily a comedy match.
Shawn eventually has the King down, but goes over to jawjack with Diesel
instead of going for the pin. This allows Lawler to dig an International
Object out of his tights, but is met by a Superkick for his efforts.
After the pin, Shawn calls in Diesel. Diesel removes his shades, hands
his watch to Mr. Perfect, and goes in for some mutual pounding. The two
trade blows until the ref, who had been trying to break it up - has Shawn
occupied, allowing Mr. Perfect to toss Diesel the Championship belt.
Diesel nails Shawn, leaving him lying in the ring (for at least the third
time in a year or so.)
- Next week's main event: Goldust vs. Savio Vega for the IC belt.
Comments: Is Bill Watts back?! Man, was this a heels night or what? No
spectacular wrestling, but the angles carried the show.
Monday Nitro: Not on.
- Next week's main event: Hulk Hogan/Booty Man vs. Arn Anderson/Kevin
Sullivan, with special stipulations involving the Booty Babe and
Woman (and maybe Miss Elizabeth.)
Comments: Not on. Preempted by encore airing of "Moses."
Bottom line: RAW was on... Nitro wasn't.
This week's winner: RAW (by default.)